The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-03-03

Burial Service at Sea, that most sol
emn of sea scenes, was performed, and
the shrouded body of the pirate, with
a gentle plunge, broke the CLASSY sur
face of the ocean, and sank swiftly to
the mysterious depths.
1t was many hours afterward that my
grandfather bethought himself of the
paper in his pocke He opened it and
read as follows:
CAPT. LANE: On the eastern point of Nam
tucket. at high-water mark, is tall, sharp
Cliff. A quarter league due west from that
cliff is large, round. stone. and near the stone
a thorn-bush. That bush grows in a very rich
soil.
The duties of his station kept my
grandfather a long time abroad, and
when he was in Boston about two years
afterward, and having few days of
leisure, he was thinking about acting
upon the hint of the enigmatical paper,
when his eye happened to fall on the
following paragraph in the old Boston
Messenger:
WONDERFUL DIsCovERY.-As John Rogers
was breaking piece of pasture ground on the
east shore of Nantucket about month ago h!s
plOwshare turned up stout thOrnbush, stick
ing TO the roots of which Mr.. Rogers spied sew
eral Spanish dollars. Upon this he went to
digging Justify and did not give up till he had
hauled out coins, chiefly Spanish doubloons, OF
more than $4,000 value. No Odoubt it was bur
led by Capt. Kidd or some of his pirate kin.
''No doubt" thought my grandfath-
er, as he put down the paper with
slight nervousness. In a week he was
again facing the storms of the ocean,
enriching his employers by his skill
and toll, till infirmities drove him high
and dry on the shore. There, in due
time, he died of old age, leaving little
to his family, except the pirates cut
lass. which three generations of boys
have used in their juvenile trainings"
and which, rusted and blunted. may
now be seen in the Office of his great
grandson, a lawyer of New York.
An Incident on a Street Car.
That was an amusing incident which
occurred on West Madison street car
ole day few weeks ago. A young
woman was hanging to the leather,
and, being the only woman standing,
looking very much as if she were
yearning for seat Presently an
elderly man arose and, tapping the
young woman on the shoulder, re-
marked in a kindly way:
Would you like to set DOWN."
''NO," the woman replied, ''but l
should like to sit
And then she let 90 the leather, and
was about to take the vacant seat,
when the old man quickly slipped him
self back into it and remarked:
"Oh, | thought mebbe you were
tired and wanted to set down a bit"
mo, thanks she said rather Jelly,
grabbing for the strap again. Il pre-
fer standing to setting"
The passengers Uttered a little as
the car rolled on. In about ten min
utes the old man relented and again
rose.
Would you like to set down now?"
he inquired
Didn't I ell you,' she retorted,
with a wicked look in her eye and
holding tighter than ever to the strap,
didn't | tell you that | never set"
And the young woman had her own
way. The man resumed his seat, the
passengers Uttered again, the standing
woman bit her lips and looked solemn,
and a school girl sitting in the corner
whispered to her companions:
Il guess that woman has her own
way at home, don't you, Clara?"
'Yes. And | was just wondering
what kind of husband she has. -
Chicago Herald.